Emission may refer to:
Chemical products
- Emission of air pollutants, notably:
- Flue gas, gas exiting to the atmosphere via a flue
- Exhaust gas, flue gas generated by fuel combustion
- Emission of greenhouse gases, which absorb and emit radiant energy within the thermal infrared range
- Emission standards, limits on pollutants that can be released into the environment
- Emissions trading, a market-based approach to pollution control
Electromagnetic radiation
- Emission spectrum, the frequencies of electromagnetic radiation emitted due to a molecule making a transition from a high to a lower energy state
- List of light sources, including both natural and artificial processes that emit light
- Emission (radiocommunications), a radio signal (usually modulated) emitted from a radio transmitter
- Emission coefficient, a coefficient in the power output per unit time of an electromagnetic source
- Emission line, or "spectral line", a dark or bright line in an otherwise uniform and continuous spectrum
- Emission nebula, a cloud of ionized gas emitting light of various colors
- Emission theory, a competing theory for the special theory of relativity, explaining the results of the Michelson-Morley experiment
- Emission theory (vision), the proposal that visual perception is accomplished by rays of light emitted by the eyes
Other uses
- Thermionic emission, the flow of charged particles called thermions from a charged metal or a charged metal oxide surface, archaically known as the Edison effect
- Ejaculation, the ejection of semen from the penis; also, specifically:
- Nocturnal emission, ejaculation experienced during sleep
- Noise, emission
- Exhalation of air, especially in the context of musical instruments
See also
- Emissions control (disambiguation)
- Emitter (disambiguation)
- Emit (disambiguation)